Yankees' Brian Cashman dismisses notion about World Series drought, says teams 'cheated us'

The New York Yankees will play the Los Angeles Dodgers in this year’s World Series, and over the last 50 games their record is 25-25 when facing one another. Craig Carton, Danny Parkins, Mark Schlereth, and MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred discuss the...

The New York Yankees are back in the World Series for the first time since 2009.

Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman was asked about what it means to him to be back in the World Series after 15 years, and his answer may surprise many. 

"It means a lot, and I hate the 15-year thing because it completely forgets and discounts that some other organizations cheated us when we were all the way in the end. If you knew what was going on, I don’t think they would have even been advancing during that time. I think we would have been advancing, so I hate that 15-year thing, because I don’t think it accurately reflects history," Cashman said during an appearance on MLB Network’s "High Heat."

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New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman talks with the media before the game between the Yankees and the Washington Nationals at Yankee Stadium. (Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports)

Cashman is referring to the 2017 and 2019 Houston Astros teams that beat the Yankees in the ALCS. 

In the 2017 season, the Astros set up a camera in the outfield at their home stadium that focused on home plate. A TV monitor was placed in the dugout that had the feed from the camera in the outfield. 

Players and staff would then decode the signs from opposing catchers, and then relay what pitch was coming with a loud noise. The noise was generally banging on a trash can. 

In a since deleted post, Evan Gattis, a member of the 2017 Astros, admitted that he